Running an XTool S1 40w on LB 1.7.01. I’ve cut two items using the old Click Clack profile (left side) and one using the new XTool profile built into LightBurn. The power seems way too high. I’ve adjusted things to the bare minimum and can not get consistent results without hot points in turns, etc. Should I file a help desk ticket as my forums posts just seem to be ignored by the developers.
I’ll send the LB file to anyone who wants to try it themselves.
-Raine
I am pretty sure they do not monitor the forum 24/7 if that is what you are thinking. If you want more attention, and do not expect immediate answers especially on the weekend, send your information to support@LightburnSoftware.com.
I have a silly question, but why are you complaining about one that does not work when you have one that does? I do not have to deal with profile files (yay!), but I am wondering if the built-in profile is the exact one for your particular machine?
please do - support@lightburnsoftware.com
@MikeyH beat me to it 
Could you post also your old and new profile Edit > Device settings screenshots + LBRN file please?
The complaint comes from the old profile, though it works, suffers from the XTool issue of creating triangles instead of squares and random drops of single lines. I have a feeling you don’t have an S1 or you would be aware of these issues, and know why its a complaint
I’ll attach the settings per profile and the LBRN file in separate messages.
Edmonds Test.lbrn2 (629.7 KB)
Thank you Raine
One Last Question, can you share please the Firmware version your S1 is running?
I have a workaround that might help you with this problem. I just posted about this same issue this week and no one was able to help. I then did some experimenting and came up with this. Under General settings>Units and Grids I had Inches/mm/sec selected. I changed it to mm/sec and everything worked as expected. I had fine incremental control of my Engravings and Cuts. I can switch back to Inches/sec when desighning my projects. Just remember to switch back to mm/sec before engraving or cutting. Hope this helps.
Dave
we have absolutely seen issues with inch mode vs mm in the past. Sending from mm seems to be the only thing that xTool really supports
It is the same “problem” as I have. I think, the xTool S1 profile missing the Variable Power ability. That is why I still keep the old GRBL profile. It seems to, that the default xTool profile has Constant Power mode enabled by default.
When I engrave, it is OK. I just turn on the over scanning and results are nice.
But, when you engrave just an outline of the text, or lines of vector graphic like the example of the question, the Constant Power doesn’t produce nice clean cut in corners. For now, it is better to use old profile, where variable power is possible to set ON.
My question is, will this feature / switch be added to the xTool profiles in the future?
Just tested this. The only difference between these two files is one was sent in mm/sec and the other was sent in inch/sec.
Turns out… xTool hates inches!!
This was sent using 1.7.01 from a mac with the device profile in my S1 configuration post from a few months back if you want to grab the device file.
We have a fix we are testing and its looking good. In the mean time send your jobs in mm’s.
Are you using inch units when you were using the xTool Device?
So this is my current setup, is there a different place I should look for when sending?
There and at the top of the window where I am showing.
If that doesnt work try loading directly from my device file here: Setting up xTool S1 with new xTool device type in LB 1.7 Beta
No, I am in metric based country hence I am using mm/s.
It is visible on “normal sized” text in high speed. I settled on 25 mm/s on 100% power for outlined text. But it is visible worse than GRBL profile with adjustable power I used to use before this NEW version of LightBurn.
Do you want me to make a test for you? I am not with the machine now, but I am tomorrow.
Sure Id run it. Ill keep an eye out for it.
Hello @raine X Tool S1 40 W is a diode laser engraver. according to your image you have selected speed “mm/sec” units which are better suited for a CO2/Galvo Lasers. Please select mm/min which is under “Better for diode” section.
I’m curious about what this does behind the scenes. I’d assume whatever type you enter still converts it down to the code equivalent for movement speed, so I don’t see how this would matter other than cosmetic to the eye.
